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Shoutout to the crew at the Portland Urban Forestry conference last fall for changing how I handle storm damage assessments.
I watched a presentation where they showed data from a three-year study on maple failures. They proved that a simple 5-minute check for certain root flares and bark inclusions could predict about 80% of the post-storm hazard trees we usually get called for. I started adding that check to my initial site walk last winter, and it cut my call-back rate for secondary failures in half. Has anyone else adopted a specific pre-storm checklist they found at a workshop or talk?
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blake6912mo ago
What specific signs in the root flare are you looking for during that five minute check?
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That Portland talk said to look for soil mounding and missing bark at the base.
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